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The Global Intelligence Files

On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal's Dow Chemical Co., Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defence Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor's web of informers, pay-off structure, payment laundering techniques and psychological methods.

The content and tone of Libyan state media on 13 August was largely
unchanged, focusing on the aftermath of NATO air strikes near Zlitan
which they said had left 85 civilians dead on 9 August.

Meanwhile, opposition TV reported that the rebels had "liberated" the
town of Gharyan (about 60 miles south of Tripoli), while social media
users said they were heading towards Al-Zawiyah (some 55 miles west of
the capital).

State TV: Alleged air strike victims, UK "police repression"

Libyan state TV channels (Al-Jamahiriyah and Al-Libiyah) on the morning
of 13 August continued to disseminate the same two core messages of
previous days: mourning and pro-Qadhafi defiance following the alleged
deaths of civilians in NATO air strikes in Majir near Zlitan on 9
August, and condemnation of British Prime Minister David Cameron for
"police repression of massive protests [riots]" in England. Three people
have been killed in Birmingham by "Cameron's secret police", state TV
news said.

Reports from the state news agency Jana continued to reflect the news on
Al-Jamahiriyah TV.

As for the press, Al-Shams published a feature headlined "Minor Britain
and political adolescence". In a familiar message, the paper suggested
that the term "Great Britain" was a colonial anachronism and that "Great
Britain" had now become "Minor Britain". One example of how Britain has
lost it status, the article said, was that British Foreign Secretary
William Hague was expected to resign after saying that Mu'ammar
al-Qadhafi had left Libya for Venezuela and "lying to the British and
the whole world", but he remained in his post.

The newspaper Al-Jamahiriyah had not been updated since 10 August, and
Al-Fajr al-Jadid was still inaccessible.

In between, the channel rallied people and repeatedly reminded them of
the "martyrs" whose deaths must be avenged. Such messages were
reinforced through sensational footage, music and songs, and stills of
those killed in the fighting.

In a breaking news caption at 1121 gmt, the channel quoted Colonel Salah
Ma'tuq, the head of the military council of Gharyan, as saying that the
rebels had "liberated" the town.

"Libya Today" was the first "live" programme, a phone-in broadcast at
1200 gmt. The presenter opened the programme saying: "We greet you with
the salute of victory, which we convey to all our rebels, all our
courageous and brave Libyan people, and to all those who shed blood for
the sake of this homeland.

"Salutations to all our martyrs, to our rebels, who are resisting at the
fronts. Victory is near and is coming as we now see Gharyan liberated,
awaiting the big reunion with our rebels in Tripoli. The rebels are
moving in all directions, from Al-Burayqah, which they have now
captured, from Jabal Nafusah. And they are now getting close to
Al-Zawiyah, and news of victory is reaching us as it happens, news of
sweeping victories and a major advance for all our rebels. We salute
them all. We ask God to give them strength and to aid their assault and
their steps, God willing, so that all will be crowned with an imminent
victory."

This was followed by an upbeat song that went: "Tripoli, I love you. I
am madly in love with you... Tripoli do not fear, God willing victory is
near."

Colonel Salah Ma'tuq was later contacted for further details on the
Gharyan military operation.

Opposition press: Rebels eye Al-Zawiyah

The reports of opposition Benghazi-based newspaper New Quryna
(http://qurynanew.com) on the rebels' advance towards Al-Zawiyah tallied
with accounts circulated in social networking websites. A correspondent
from the paper was quoted as saying that the rebels had managed to enter
the town of Tarfas, about 6 miles south of Al-Zawiyah.

A 30-second video (http://goo.gl/pDeOc), sourced from Al-Jazeera English
and posted on the Facebook page of the Libyan Youth Movement at around
0300 gmt, featured a report on the rebels' advance on Al-Zawiyah and the
capture of a police vehicle. The video carried the following caption in
English and Arabic: "Some members of the national army entered Zawia
[Al-Zawiyah] morning, seized a police car and returned back."

On a similar note, the following was posted on the Facebook page of the
Libyan Youth Movement in English: "BREAKING NEWS: I am getting reports
that Tervas 10 KM from Zawiyah has been Liberated! Allah Akbar!!".

Around 0800 gmt, the following post in English also spoke of rebel
gains: "#Freedomfighters have cut off the coastal road & entered #Zawia
from several fronts, as well as #Surman & #Alharsha . #Libya #Feb17."

And @ShababLibya tweeted the following in English regarding the Misratah
area: "Tawarga [Tawargha] is under the hand of the Misrata FF [freedom
fighters], still some pockets of Gaddafi forces in the old houses of
tawarga, #Libya v shahed Misrata".